Tag: Melvin Manhoef

Strikeforce Announces Tim Kennedy vs. Robbie Lawler Signed For July 30 ‘Fedor vs. Henderson’ Card in Chicago

Continuing in Zuffa’s new social media trend of announcing newly-signed bouts before the MMA media gets wind of them, Strikeforce announced today via Twitter that a middleweight bout between Tim Kennedy and Robbie Lawler has been added to its July 30 Fedor vs. Henderson card in Chicago.

Continuing in Zuffa’s new social media trend of announcing newly-signed bouts before the MMA media gets wind of them, Strikeforce announced today via Twitter that a middleweight bout between Tim Kennedy and Robbie Lawler has been added to its July 30 Fedor vs. Henderson card in Chicago.

The bout should be a good one between the pair, who coincidentally both lost to Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and beat Melvin Manhoef in the past year and a half. Kennedy lost a unanimous decision to Souza in August at Strikeforce: Houston and beat Manhoef at Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson in March by way of first-round rear naked choke. Lawler lost to Jacare by third-round rear naked choke at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg in January and knocked out Manhoef at Strikeforce: Miami in January of last year.

The promotion did not clarify if the fight would be on the main televised portion of the card that will be headlined by a heavyweight bout between Former PRIDE champions Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson, but it’s likely considering both fighters have not seen prelim action in some time.

 

MMA Knockout of the Day: Robbie Lawler Stops His Own Beating with KO Victory

Strikeforce: Miami and a fight to be remembered between Strikeforce middleweights, Robbie Lawler and Melvin Manhoef.In January of 2010, these two fighters squared off, and on a card featuring two title fights (Men’s welterweight and Women’s featherweig…

Strikeforce: Miami and a fight to be remembered between Strikeforce middleweights, Robbie Lawler and Melvin Manhoef.

In January of 2010, these two fighters squared off, and on a card featuring two title fights (Men’s welterweight and Women’s featherweight title bouts) and fighters like Nick Diaz and Herschel Walker, they stole the show that night.

Lawler was only a fight removed from defending his EliteXC middleweight belt, but Manhoef controlled the fight and was taking Lawler’s lead leg out. Manhoef was dialed in and just taking complete control of the fight with his striking.

In one second though, the fight dramatically changed in favor of Lawler. Lawler landed a nice punch to Manhoef’s dome, and that was it. One punch, one button and one fighter on the ground seeing stars and watching birds.

Lawler limped over to his corner, a sign of the damage Manhoef did and makes this victory all the more impressive.

Since this fight, Lawler has gone 1-2 with his losses coming against Renato Sobral and Ronaldo Souza. His only win came against Matt Lindland.

Manhoef has lost his last two fights since this incredible knockout and is on a three-fight losing streak. His other two losses came against Tatsuya Mizuno and Tim Kennedy. 

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MMA Knockout of the Day: Melvin Manhoef Quickly Takes Care of Mark Hunt

At K-1 Dynamite 2008, a heavyweight bout between Mark Hunt and Jerome Le Banner was set to take place towards the end of the night. But a few days before the event, Le Banner had to withdraw and was quickly replaced with Melvin Manhoef. At the time Man…

At K-1 Dynamite 2008, a heavyweight bout between Mark Hunt and Jerome Le Banner was set to take place towards the end of the night.

But a few days before the event, Le Banner had to withdraw and was quickly replaced with Melvin Manhoef. At the time Manhoef was 22-5-1 and coming off of a loss to Gegard Mousasi at Dream 6 about three months before.

Hunt was 5-4 and coming off of a loss to Alistair Overeem at Dream 5.

The bout begins and Hunt quickly presses Manhoef into the corner. Manhoef though takes a nice swing and hits Hunt right on the button to knock him to the mat.

Manhoef then quickly stands over Hunt and puts an end to Hunt’s night not even 20 seconds into the bout.

The New Zealand native quickly found himself on the mat watching Manhoef celebrate his victory on the opposite turnbuckle.

Hunt has gone 1-2 since the fight with Manhoef in 2008. His latest fight was a second-round knockout of Chris Tuchscherer that earned Hunt “Knockout of the Night” honors.

That fight saw Hunt do damage to the eyelid of Tuchscherer. The 37-year-old Hunt is currently 6-7 in his MMA career.

Manhoef hasn’t had exactly the kind of career you would expect after a win like this. Manhoef has gone 1-4 with his only win coming against Kazuo Misaki at Dynamite!! 2009.

Manhoef most recently fought Tim Kennedy and lost in March of this year by first-round submission (rear-naked choke). Manhoef is currently 24-9-1.

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Falling Action: Best and Worst of Strikeforce – Feijao vs. Henderson

After a busy week of MMA that culminated in two Strikeforce title fights on Showtime on Saturday night, it’s time to load up on just enough coffee to push us through one final post-mortem analysis.

From knockouts to comebacks to a fighter who turned o…

After a busy week of MMA that culminated in two Strikeforce title fights on Showtime on Saturday night, it’s time to load up on just enough coffee to push us through one final post-mortem analysis.

From knockouts to comebacks to a fighter who turned out to be exactly who we thought he was, there’s plenty to dissect after Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson.

Join me below as I sort through the biggest winners, losers, and everything in between.

Tim Kennedy Submits Melvin Manhoef

Filed under: StrikeforceMelvin Manhoef will never change: He’s a great striker who simply has no ground game whatsoever. And that’s what he showed in losing by first-round submission to Tim Kennedy on Saturday night’s Strikeforce card.

Although Manhoe…

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Tim Kennedy submits Melvin Manhoef with a choke at Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson.Melvin Manhoef will never change: He’s a great striker who simply has no ground game whatsoever. And that’s what he showed in losing by first-round submission to Tim Kennedy on Saturday night’s Strikeforce card.

Although Manhoef did land some of his trademark leg kicks early, that didn’t last: Kennedy secured a takedown, got Manhoef’s back on the ground and got Menhoef to tap to a rear-naked choke. It was Kennedy’s seventh career win by submission, and Manhoef’s sixth career loss by submission.

Tim Kennedy Eager to Make a Statement in Battle with Melvin Manhoef

Filed under: StrikeforceWhen Tim Kennedy steps in against Melvin Manhoef in Strikeforce this Saturday night, it will have been nearly seven months since his last fight — a narrow decision loss against Strikeforce middleweight champ Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ So…

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Tim KennedyWhen Tim Kennedy steps in against Melvin Manhoef in Strikeforce this Saturday night, it will have been nearly seven months since his last fight — a narrow decision loss against Strikeforce middleweight champ Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza.

If you ask Kennedy, seven months is much too long without somebody to punch in the face on live TV. And it’s just possible, he’s willing to admit now, that maybe he didn’t handle the layoff all that well.

“I don’t mean to use an inappropriate metaphor, but you know that guy who really wants to go home with a girl, and it’s two o’clock in the morning and the bar’s closing down and he’s just going after everybody? He doesn’t care what they look like or what they weigh, he’s just up for anything? That’s how I’ve been feeling about a fight,” Kennedy told MMA Fighting. “Like, how about you? How about you? Just anybody.”